We estimate the factors determining specialization of crop choice at the level of individual fields, distinguishing between the role of natural advantage (soil characteristics) and economies of density (scale economies achieved when farmers plant neighboring fields with the same crop). Using...

Klimawandelfolgenabschätzung in der Landwirtschaft; Ernte-Ertrags-Modells unter Klimawandel auf Unternehmensebene; Zustandsabhängiger Ansatz; Entscheidungsfindung unter Unsicherheit; Zustandsabhängige Produktionsanalyse; Dualität; Ermittlung von dem Risikoaversion-Koeffizienten

We estimate the factors determining specialization of crop choice at the level of individual fields, distinguishing between the role of natural advantage (soil characteristics) and economies of density (scale economies achieved when farmers plant neighboring fields with the same crop). Using...

Agrobiodiversity can provide natural insurance to risk-averse farmers by reducing the variance of crop yield, and to society at large by reducing the uncertainty in the provision of public-good ecosystem services, for example, CO2 storage. We analyze the choice of agrobiodiversity by risk-averse...